The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have attacked the Labour Party for sending “alarmist” literature to cancer patients, and called for an inquiry into whether NHS databases had been used to identify recipients.

The row erupted after Labour sent cancer patients mailshots saying that their lives may be at risk under a Conservative government.

Andrew Lansley, the Shadow Health Secretary, said: “It is shameful that the Labour Party, knowing that we are the only party that is going to increase investment in the NHS, have decided to deliberately scare patients and misrepresent what we have said.

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